Born in Hiroshima, 1 September 1911
Died in Tokyo, 28 December 2008
[KOH-may AH-bay]
- Abe studied cello, composition, and conducting at the Tokyo Academy of Music.
- In addition to composing, Abe taught at the Elizabeth College of Music in Hiroshima, and at the Kyoto Municipal College of Arts.1
- Abe composed orchestral music, chamber music and film music, and was a particularly prolific composer of string quartets.2
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Short biography from Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Sources
- “Abe, Komei,” Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Encyclopedia.com (accessed June 3, 2021), https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/abe-komei-0.
- Morihide Katayama, liner notes to Abe: Symphony No. 1 / Divertimento / Sinfonietta, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Yablonsky, Naxos 8.557987, CD, 2007.